London Fog: Chicks Who Sell the Chicken

Not sure how much I've told people about my wonderful co-workers but they're an incredible group of ladies who I genuinely love working with.. and having fun with! I feel really lucky that the last two places I've worked, have not only given me great work experience, but great friendships. I always wonder how if that's rare?? If it wasn't for these girls at work my transition to London would have been much more difficult. These girls embraced me and welcomed me into their lives from from day one and have looking out for me from the beginning.

Marketing tends to be a women lead field and that is definitely the case at KFC. We have thirteen people on our team and 12 of the 13 people are girls. The unique thing about these 12 girls is they're from all over the world. We're quite the cosmopolitan bunch! Between us we have three Americans, three Kiwis (aka New Zealanders), four Brits, an Australian, and a South African. Talk about a melting pot.

Here's a bit about some of the gals...

Jane- Born and breed English girl; think Sienna Miller with a great British accent. She and I are the closest out of everyone. She's always knows the coolest places to eat and drink in London. She's my own personal Zagat guide.
Kate- She's from New Zealand and is my single and ready to mingle buddy. She's been in London for two years and finds British men as frustrating as I do. Her and I tackled speed dating together, which I'll post about soon.
Sophie-the youngest of the bunch and has the biggest heart and quite the fashion sense.
Rachel-Also from New Zealand, and is just here in the UK for a year and has the strongest accent I've ever heard. I constantly misunderstand her!
Megan- my fellow American.. she's originally from North Carolina and shares my love of Banana Republic. We tend to show up at work with the same outfits on.
Lisa- our resident Martha Stewart and one of the few married gals in the group. When girlfriend parties she gets down.

Sam- From South Africa but officially pledged allegiance to the queen this past year. Sam is on leave right now, she just had a baby. She will be back later this year.

Jennelle- my boss from Australia, that is all I am going to say for fear of career suicide

Elizabeth- the other Brit of the group and happens to also be my landlord. She is originally from Wales and owns more clothes than I do.

Amy- this girl has more spunk than anyone I've ever meet. She's always happy and is so much fun to be around. She does this funny thing where she calls everyone chicken, it's her way of saying she likes you. Also, a huge fan of Indian food!

Jennifer- she just started about two months ago and is originally from Chicago. She's got tons of energy, I don't think this women sleeps. Her and I got off to a bit of rough start but we've managed to find some common ground.

Tara- She's the admin of the group and probably the quietest of the bunch. It's always the quiet one's that surprise you :)

Last weekend we had our first girls night out, we had a blast. The night started out a yummy dim sum restaurant followed by drinks at a bar called Roca. It was all very London. Below are some pictures from the evening. Now you can put faces to some of the names, although not all of the girls are pictured below since some couldn't make it.